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JuliaFin

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2018

My life is a surprise. Even for me.. I grew up in Finland. It's pretty cold up there. And dark. At some point I decided to leave travelling for a few weeks. Just to see how things were elsewhere. If the grass was greener, et cetera.. Well, that was four years ago. Long weeks there, huh? I'm a professional map starer, plan maker, beer taster, low quality photographer, backpack carrier and a huge fan of life. I'm constantly moving around, exploring new places and cultures, and hoping to continue as long as I can. At the moment I'm based in the medieval city of Brugge in Belgium. Whenever traveling I'm trying to find the unusual places to see, and I love passing this information onwards.
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Photo taken Sep 2022

London, England

Banksy's 'Designated Graffiti Area'

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

Inside the garden.
Permanently Closed

Bruges, Belgium

Secret Garden of Bruges

You would never come across this tiny green oasis if you didn't know it existed.

Houses inside Park Güell designed by Gaudí

Barcelona, Spain

Park Güell

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

The facade of the church, still under construction.

Barcelona, Spain

Sagrada Família

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

National Library of Kosovo

Pristina, Kosovo

National Library of Kosovo

A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.

Plitvice Lakes

Plitvička Jezera, Croatia

Plitvice Lakes

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

For Sale Pub

Budapest, Hungary

For Sale Pub

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

The Citadella

Budapest, Hungary

The Citadella

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

Pink painted elephants adorn the front doors of the Délirium Café in honor of its namesake.

Brussels, Belgium

Délirium Café

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

Comic Strip Route

Brussels, Belgium

Comic Strip Route

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

Manneken Pis in US Air Force uniform

Brussels, Belgium

Manneken Pis

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

59 Rivoli in 2005.

Paris, France

59 Rivoli

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

Duck Village.
Permanently Closed

Il-Gżira, Malta

Duck Village

The eclectic seaside sanctuary caters to a rather fowl crowd.

The strange creature on the Duomo portal

Milan, Italy

Milan's Duomo "Dinosaur"

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

Mehmed Pasha Sokolovic Bridge

Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mehmed Pasha Sokolovic Bridge

Celebrated example of Ottoman architecture that also served as a site for brutal massacres.

Varlaam Monastery, Meteora

Kalabaka, Greece

Meteora

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

Pittaki Street.
Permanently Closed

Athens, Greece

Pittaki Street

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

Ancient Agora, Athens

Athens, Greece

The Athenian Agora

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

Syntagma Square Metro Station

Athens, Greece

Syntagma Square Metro Station

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

The Snow Castle looms over the Bothnian Bay in 2006

Kemi, Finland

Kemi Snow Castle

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

Nanami "Seven Seas" Nagura, mid-performance in the Air Guitar World Champion 2014

Oulu, Finland

Air Guitar World Championships

The grandest stage for the world's foremost masters of invisible instruments.

Cube House

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Cube Houses

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

(Flickr/fidelramos)

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Oudekerksplein

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

"The Cat Boat."

Amsterdam, Netherlands

De Poezenboot (The Cat Boat)

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

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